Khalid Bashir Gura
A Mass Communication and Journalism postgraduate from the University of Kashmir, Khalid is a writer by choice and a journalist by chance.
Bollywood Queen Takes Kashmir ‘Refuge’ As Sena Bulldozers Reach Her Office
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Kashmir has emerged so huge an abused brand that you pinch somebody and s(he) shouts– Kashmir. It is now the...
As Border Tensions Close PUBG’s Virtual Battlefield, Addicts May Need Help
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Much to the frustration and agony of virtual gamers, the brewing tensions on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with...
Jail Us Or Give Us Rights: Pakistan Origin Kashmiri Brides
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: A group of Pakistani origin Kashmiri brides staged a protest in press colony here in Lalchowk area of Srinagar demanding...
Cathartic Return
When the faithful thronged the places of worship after 21 weeks of disconnect in the lockdown dictated by the pandemic, the scene was cathartic. Being...
‘I Am Not A Monk Who Has Renounced The World
After serving one year in jail following erasure of Jammu and Kashmir's autonomous status in August 2019 Shah Faesal has quit politics and is...
Longest Recess
Except for a fortnight-long reopening of educational institutions in March, the lingering yearlong security siege now melded with Covid-19 lockdown has effectively turned Kashmir...
Jail Outbreak
The contagion managed entry into one of the many over-crowded jails in Kashmir pushing the families into a new crisis reports Khalid Bashir Gura
The spike...
Slim Weddings
From a big, fat affair, the Kashmir marriages have become an austere affair as people adjust to the health guidelines in view of the...
Covid-19: Precautions Only Cure, British Kashmiri Docs Advise
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: As the subsequent weeks after easing of pandemic lockdown witnessed a surge in COVID-19 cases thereby prompting authorities on Monday...
In No Go Area
Unshakable faith in God and compassion for the ailing inspires Jameel Ahmad Digoo, an ambulance driver of the health department, to ferry Covid-19 positive...
Budgam’s Tosa Maidan Victim Still Motionless After Marathon Surgery
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: The carefree life of a teenager Muhammad Asif, 13, was cut short when he landed his feet on a shell...
Imperiled Panchayat Raj
Sarpanches and panches in Kashmir want security after the killing of Ajay Pandita Bharti, reports Khalid Bashir Gura
The killing of the sarpanch Ajay Pandita Bharti, 40, on June...
Abrar Riyaz’s Death: Family Alleges Hospital Negligence
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: Abrar Reyaz, 24, who passed away on Tuesday, had met with an accident three days ago near Pampore.
He was admitted...
The Exam Fever
Students who somehow reached home during the pandemic are being asked by their universities to return and appear in examinations. This too at a time...
Politicians React As Families Mourn The Galwan Loss
by Khalid Bashir Gura
SRINAGAR: As the families who have lost their dear ones in the Chinese assault in Galwan valley, the Kashmir politicians have started...
